UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam. December 2020/June 2021 ENGLISH-II (Shift-II)

William Hazlitt wrote the essay "My First Acquaintance with poets", which was first published in 1823 in a short-lived but a highly significant periodical of the Romantic Age. In this essay, Hazlitt discuss the relationship between prose, poetry and gender issues, arguing that Hazlitt undermines poetry and Coleridge as an idealized poet for him, whom he adored in his youth. Hence, option (d) is correct answer.

The appropriate match list of writer and their books are-

Thus, the correct option is (b).

When we have read the two statements, we find that both are not correct answer.
• Research is an organized and systematic way of finding answers to questions.
• Research is systematic because there is a definite set of procedures and steps which you will follow.
• It is a planned procedure, not a spontaneous one.
• Finding answer is the end of all research.
• Questions are central to research. If there is no question, then the answer is no use. Thus, the correct answer is option (b).

Cultural studies is an academic subject that studies cultural phenomena in many civilizations by combining political, economics, communication, sociology, social theory, literary theory, media theory, cinema studies, culturał anthropology, philosophy, art history and other disciplines. 'It is politically engaged' and 'it studies the means of production of text' are generally taken to be true of cultural studies. Thus, correct option is (b).

The best theme of Vijay Tendulkar's plays are workings of power, theme of gender discrimination and the courtier system of India, violence stability in the society, man-woman relationship and institution of marriage.
Vijay Dhondopan Tendulkar (1928-2008) was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, social commentator primarily in Marathi. He is best known for his plays- Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1967), Ghashiram Kotwal (1972), and Sakharam Binder (1972).
Thus, correct option is (d).

Antonio Gramsci is associated, with 'Philosophy of Praxis', In the 'Prison Notebooks' Antonio Gramscie proposes the distinctive notion of a 'Philosophy of. Praxis: .The interpretation of the significance of this suggestive formulation has constituted a fertile field of discussion both of Gramsci's approach to philosophical questions in his prison writings and more broadly, the nature of Marxist philosophy. Thus, the option (a) is correct.

'Taban Lo Liyong' is a poet and writer of fiction and literary criticism from South Sudan. Post colonial students of English in Africa to question the practices of their discipline, Liyong, Owuor Anyumba, and wa Thiongo were criticized for advocating cultural or even racial purity within academia. In 1968, Owuor Anyumba, Taban Lo Liyong and Ngugi wa Thiongo object to 'the primacy of English literatures and cultures' and 'The focus on the study of the historic continuity of English Literature'.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

The appropriate match of poem with their poets are-

Thus, the appropriate answer is option (b).

Fashionable novels, also called 'Silver-Fork' novels, were a 19th century genre of English literature that depicted the lives of the upper class and aristocracy. The term "Silver-fork" to describe these Victorian fashionable novel was coined by William Hazlitt in an article on "The Dandy school" in 1827, at the genre's heyday.
Thus, the correct answer is option (d).

The appropriate chronological order of texts in terms of their years of first publication.

Thus, the correct answer is option (b).